DSA and its drivers currently hook the NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER net_device event in
order to configure the VLAN map of every port.
This VLAN map is a feature of these switch chips to hardcode and restrict which
output ports a given input port can egress frames to.
A Linux bridge is a simple untagged VLAN propagated by the bridge code itself.
With a proper 802.1Q support, a driver does not need this hook anymore, and
will simply program the related VLAN object.
This patchset improves the hardware bridging code in the mv88e6xxx driver with
a strict 802.1Q mode.
Ideally, the equivalent must be done for Broadcom Starfighter 2 and Rocker,
before completely getting rid of this hook.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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